Google has just unveiled its Chrome OS operating system during a press event at the company's headquarters, and it's pretty much exactly what we expected it to be: a streamlined Linux kernel booting straight into the Chrome web browser. The code is available starting today.

Why isn't this a phone OS? Of all things, my phone is connected to a network 99% of the time. It does small apps and wouldn't need to download Photoshop etc. Small uploads. It could be quick to respond to some new innovative tech as long as the hardware supported it.